It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English. Wales, exemplified by the symbol of the Welsh dragon, is a small proud nation of many talents, large imaginations and even bigger hearts.

Saint David's Day, or the Feast of Saint David falls on the 1st March each year on the anniversary of his death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since his canonisation in the 12th century.

Traditional festivities include wearing the symbols of Wales and St David; daffodils and leeks, eating the National dish of cawl, a thick heartwarming soup, as well as the classic Welsh rarebit, and parades throughout the day featuring the traditional dress.

The pride in its culture and history is keenly felt and in this volume the poets of Wales through the ages bring verse that fortifies and uplifts the soul of a nation and its much admired literary merits.

1 - St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse - An Introduction

2 - "Grongar Hill" by John Dyer

3 - "Home, Fair Was the Morning Fair Our Tempers" by Edward Thomas

4 - "The Waterfall" by Henry Vaughan

5 - "Sweet Empty Sky of June" by Henry Vaughan

6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - "Tinturn Abbey" by Edward Davies

7 - "The Grey Steed" by Gwerfyl Mechain

8 - "The Fox" by Robert Williams Parry

9 - "On a Mountain Tumulus" by Dafydd ap Gwilym

10 - "Llyn Y Gadair" by T H Parry-Williams

11 - "Plynlimmon" by Lewis Glyn Cothi

12 - "The Kingfisher" by W H Davies

13 - "In May" by William Henry Davies

14 - "Cock Crow" by Edward Thomas

15 - "All Day it Has Rained" by Alun Lewis

16 - from "Education in Wales" by Rowland Williams

17 - "Here's the Life I’ve Sigh’d for Long" by Iolo Goch

18 - "The Depression" by David Gwenalt-Jones

19 - "The Wind's Lament" by John Morris-Jones

20 - "In Praise of Wales" by Talhaiarn

21 - "Praise of a Girl" by Huw Morus

22 - "A Fleeting Passion" by William Henry Davies

23 - "Song of the Worker's Wife" by Alice Gray Jones

24 - from "The Happy Farmer" by Iolo Morganwg

25 - "Miners" by Wilfred Owen

26 - "This Poor Man" by William John Gruffydd

27 - "Old Man" by Edward Thomas

28 - "Wondrous Sight for Men" by Ann Griffiths

29 - "Has Your Soul Sipped" by Wilfred Owen

30 - "Faith" by George Herbert

31 - "Apologia Pro Poemate Meo" by Wilfred Owen

32 - "Exposure" by Wilfred Owen

33 - "War" by Hedd Wyn

34 - "There's an Open Door" by Ann Griffiths

35 - "The Immovable Covenant" by Hugh Derfel

36 - "The Black Spot" by Hedd Wyn

37 - "Expecting the Lord" by Ann Griffiths

38 - "Church Monuments" by George Herbert

39 - "A Flower Sunday Lullaby" by Eiffion Wynn

40 - "Virtue" by George Herbert

41 - "Hymn XLI" by William Williams Pantycelyn

42 - "Song to Mead" by Taliesin

43 - "The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep" by Dafydd ap Gwilym

44 - "The Perishing World" from The Sleeping Bard by Elis Wynn

45 - "Lullaby" by Roberty Bryan

46 - "The Fold of the Bards" Book of Taliesin

47 - from "Arthur's Passing" by Thomas Gwynn Jones

48 - "An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch"

49 - "In Memory of Mair Eluned" by T Marchant Williams

50 - "Goodbye" by Alun Lewis

51 - "Friends Departed" by Henry Vaughan